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Meanings of red chalk in English

An earthy variety of hematite iron ore, used as a pigment.

Synonyms
Examples for "ruddle"
Examples for "ruddle"
1
Rick Ruddle was Jack's hike leader and a sound engineer from Portland.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
2
Antoine Gouedard-Comte beat Mark Ruddle from close range to put France ahead after 16 minutes.
The Irish Times
3
I learned at the newspaper office that he had called for the rejected manuscript bearing his name,-ErnestRuddle.
Tales from Bohemia
4
It was a peculiar name,-ErnestRuddle.
Tales from Bohemia
5
The report finds that Róisín Ruddle would have had a greater chance of survival had the surgery gone ahead.
The Irish Times
1
Old Wellington face, shrunk, cheeks burning in a senile raddle.
Mary Olivier: a Life
2
There is a removable loom attachment which when first shown to me was called a raddle.
Home Life in Colonial Days
3
Fol-der-rol, de-rol de raddle, fol--
The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair / ...
4
Oh, fol-de-rol, de raddle rol.
The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair / ...
5
But since the white people came the blue bag has put yellow out of fashion, and raddle is used for the red.
The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
1
Since I have taken to the reddle trade I travel a good deal, as you know.
The Return of the Native
2
All that reddlemen do is sell reddle.
The Return of the Native
3
"I gave up dealing in reddle last Christmas," said Venn.
The Return of the Native
4
"Not altogether the selling of reddle?"
The Return of the Native
Usage of red chalk in English
1
They were small sheep, striped on the backs with red chalk.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
2
In the original the drawing and writing are both in red chalk.]
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2
3
They should have one side sufficiently smooth to be distinctly marked with red chalk.
Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health
4
And this time it wasn't red chalk-dust flying through the air; it was blood.
Meltdown
5
In natural red chalk rubbed with finger; the high lights are picked out with rubber.
The Practice and Science of Drawing
6
Back of all was a large blackboard with much figuring on it in red chalk.
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
7
On the top of the box was marked in red chalk "Miss Mary-.
Who Spoke Next
8
Thompson, over it, with a bit of red chalk.
Redburn. His First Voyage / Being the Sailor Boy Confessions and...
9
To-day, that was so accursed, was to be marked now in his calendar with red chalk.
Henrietta Temple: A Love Story
10
The red chalk mark would hardly be needed.
Fate Knocks at the Door: A Novel
11
Phil Reddington got up, looking completely untroubled apart from the red chalk-dust that covered his hair.
Meltdown
12
The original is drawn in red chalk.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2
13
What first attracted her attention was a paragraph on the first page marked round with red chalk.
The Count's Millions
14
They have a long rope sprinkled with red chalk wherewith they are "netting" the Agora.
A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
15
With a piece of red chalk he drew crosses and crowns, for the most part in the North.
Historical Miniatures
16
This boy's work with that piece of red chalk had an effect upon the future of John Appleman.
The Wolf's Long Howl
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